Realistic Model Railroad Operation (Layout Design and Planning) - Softcover

Koester, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890249393 ISBN 13: 9780890249390

Publisher: Kalmbach Pub Co, 2013

Synopsis

Respected expert Tony Koester teaches modelers how real railroads operate trains and how to apply those methods to their own model railroads in this extensively updated edition. Learning about timetable-and-train-order operation, as well as how cars are switched, how yards function, how signals work, and more, provides an added dimension of realism and fun for modelers, keeping the hobby fresh and exciting.

About this title

About the Author

Tony Koester has written nine books focusing on his lifelong hobby of model railroading. He has been the editor of Model Railroad Planning, a special annual issue of Model Railroader magazine, since its inception in 1995. He is a contributing editor to MR and served as the editor of Railroad Model Craftsman. Tony is hard at work on a multi-deck HO railroad that accurately depicts the Nickel Plate Road's St. Louis Division as it appeared in 1954.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kalmbach Pub Co
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890249393
• ISBN 13: 9780890249390
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 95